Safran

Definitions of Safran
  1. noun
    dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
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    type of:
    Gewürz
    something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
  2. noun
    Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
    synonyms: Wildkrokus
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    type of:
    Frühlingskrokus, Krokus
    any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
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